Window seat



F. F. SIEGEN'THALER, JR

WINDOW SEAT y Filed Nov. 22, 1923 Patented dan 2U, i925.

FRED F. SIEGENTHALER, JR., GTE' BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

W'NDOV SEAT.

Application filed November 22, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, FRED l?. SIEGENfrI-mrnn, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Queens, city and @tate of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in TWindow Seats, of which the following is a speciiication.

riihis invention relates to window seats adapted to be removably mounted in a window frame to provide a seat for a person to facilitate the cleaning of the exterior surface of the window or to paint or glaze the window sash, and it is the object of the invention to provide an improved window seaffor this purpose which. is compact, simple and cheap in structure, and ellicient for the use for which it was designed., and to provide a seat for this purpose in which the support for the seat member is readily adjustable to window sills of different widths and which is adapted to be readily and quickly adjusted transversely of the window frame vwithout the necessity of removing the seat from the window frame or the releasing of securing or clamping means.

ln the drawing accompanying and forming a part or' this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a window frame and showing the window seat embodying my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the 'window frame and window seat shown in Figure l the section being taken substantiah ly midway through the seat,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my improved window seat looking at the top and the front end thereof.

Figure e is a cross sectional view of the seat to show the manner of adjustably connecting the support to the seat member.

Figure 5 is a view looking at the bottom of the seat to show the manner of connecting the same to its support; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the adjustable seat support.

Similar characters of reterence designate like parts throughout the different views of the drawing,

The embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing comprises a flat seat member Z of suitable material, preferably wood, 'which is arranged with parallel slideways extending from the front to the rear of the seat member and shown as consisting of Serial No. 676,209.

recesses or grooves S in one surface of the seat member to constitute-the bottom of the seat. The front portion of the seat member is adapted to rest on a sill of a window frame 1.0 mounted in an opening l1 in the wall of a building when the window sash l2 is raised to extend outward from the window frame. The rear portion of the seat member is supported upon the sub-sill 13 of the window frame or upon the bottom wall li of the frame opening by a yoke shaped resilient member preferaiily eoi'istructed and formed of a rod the legs lo of which member slidably engage in the recesses S with the free ends projecting toward the front of the seat member, as clearly shown in Fig ures 3 and Li, and retainer.L in said recesses by cleats l0 secured to the bottom of the seat to engage over the yoke legs in the said recesses. The connecting portieri 17 of the yoke is bent laterally of the yoke legs, as shown at 18, and then for a short distance in parallel relation to the yoke legs, as shown at 19, to constitute the sub-sill engaging portion of the seat support, and thereby support the seat member in a substantially horizontal plane. By the arrangement described the seat supporting yoke is adjustable relative to the seat member whereby the support is adapted to window frames or window frame openings of variable width.

The seat member at the forward end is connected to means to engage the window frame to prevent the seat from slipping from the window frame and to also permit of adjustment of the seat transversely of the window frame, said means comprising a bar 2O to extend transversely of the frame opening and being of a length greater than the width of the opening in the frame whereby the ends are adapted to engage the side members of the window frame. rlllhis bar loosely engages in screw eyes 2l secured in the front edge of said member whereby the seat is adjustable longitudinally on the bar and transversely of the window frame.

In applying the seat to a window frame the sash is raised and the bar is adjusted to the window frame with the seat suspended therefrom inside of the window when the` seat is swung upward and out through the window with the seat supporting yoke into engagement with the sub-sill of the frame when the seat is in position ready for use, as shown in Figures l and 2. To remove the window seat the seat may be swung inward upon the bar 20, or the seat may be pulled inward by said rod.

To prevent movement of said seat supporting yoke relative to the seat while in use said yoke member is made of resilient material, and as pressure is applied to the seat, as by the Weight of a person seated thereon, the legs of the yoke member will spring laterally thereby forcibly moving the same into engagement with the wall or' the recesses 8 and trictionally hold the yoke against movement relative to the seat member.

Having thus described my invention, l. claim:

l. In a window seat, a flat seat member arranged with parallel recesses in one face, a yoke shaped member ot' resilient material the legs ot which member slidably engage in the recesses in the seat member, the oonnecting portion of the yoke being otlilset laterally of the yoke legs and adapted to engage and support the seat member upon the sub-sill of a window trame, and said yoke legs adapted to be sprung laterally by pressure upon the seat to cause said legs to Yfrict'ionally engage the walls of the res cesses and hold the yoke against movement relative to the seat member, and means connected to the end ot the seat member and engaging within the window frame.

In a. window seat, a ilatseat member arranged with parallel recesses in the under surface thereof; a. yoke shape member of resilient material, the legs of which member slid-ably engage. in the recesses in the seat member whereby the seat member and yoke are adjustable relative to each other, the connecting portion ot the yoke being offset laterally ot the yoke legs and then in a direction parallel with the legs and adapted to engage and support the seat men'lber upon the sill ot the window trame, and said legs adaptefil to be sprung laterally by pressure upon the seat to cause the yoke legs to trictionally engage the recesses and retain the yoke member against movement relative to the seat member: screw eyes secured in one end oi the seat member: and a bar to engage in said screw eyes and extend transversely or the window frame with the ends engaging the side members ot' said frame, and along which bar said seat member is adjustable transversely ot the window frame.

:aligned at the city ot New York, in the county ot New York and State of New York, this 19th day ot November, 1929.

FRED F. SIEGAENTHALER, JR. 

